Just had dinner and spent 4 hours catching up with Michael McNabb, a friend from SNU who is the director of an Interamerican school year, has lived here 3 years. Good times. In conversation he mentioned that he played in the first rugby game ever in Guatemala...I said that was funny because the Dutch guy at the hostel was saying something about playing rugby in Xela (he was here before a couple of months ago) and Michael says ¨Oh you mean Loures, he´s been managing a coffee farm in Pana for a few months?¨ Yep, same guy.
Going to catch the shuttle to Michael´s school in the morning and take a tour. Trying to decide if Guate. is my next adventure. I really want to become fluent before I die.
Then maybe hot springs in the afternoon but there were a lot of Guatemalans at the hot springs last weekend since it was a holiday and it has been suggested that I wait a few days to let the springs replace (cleanse) the content of the pools before going.
This town, Xela, is at 8,500 feet and I´ve been feeling it a little so I´m not sure my virgin sea level lungs are too excited about Wednesday´s planned hike to 12,500 feet. I might wimp out.
Sometimes the water gets turned off for the whole city and after a couple of hours the deposits that people have made into the toilet begin to mature and it smells really gross and you have to go on what other people went, the end.
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TMI. They could probably use all the toilet paper down there that was on our front yard Sat. AM!! Or the 300 plus rolls Br and friends are stockpiling for the re-revenge. More details at a later date.
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hey - in your previous post, who is the farm kid looking type with the Polaris hat? Owen looks cool.
-Tanner
only met him that night. from alberta or something i think
Your blog is pretty darn interesting. Sure beats correcting papers. Think you might wanna stay in Guata. and teach?
Carol V.
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